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Zapata Arango, Mateo (author), Hoppe, T. (author), Itten, A.V. (author), Blok, K. (author)Background<br/>At the COP21, cities were recognised as key actors in combatting climate change. In supporting cities, climate city networks such as transnational climate networks (TCNs) and national climate networks (NCNs) have emerged to enable cities in building capacities and formulating climate policy whilst also encouraging citizen...journal article 2024
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López Prol, Javier (author), de Llano Paz, Fernando (author), Calvo-Silvosa, Anxo (author), Pfenninger, Stefan (author), Staffell, Iain (author)Climate change and geopolitical risks call for the rapid transformation of electricity systems worldwide, with Europe at the forefront. Wind and solar are the lowest cost, lowest risk, and cleanest energy sources, but their variability poses integration challenges. Combining both technologies and integrating regions with dissimilar generation...journal article 2024
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Gürsan, C. (author), de Gooyert, V. (author), de Bruijne, M.L.C. (author), Raaijmakers, J. (author)District heating systems are considered a feasible heating alternative to replace natural gas to mitigate emissions in cities. However, urban transitions are very complex because energy systems often operate in densely populated areas, which gives rise to all kinds of interdependencies in cities. These interdependencies can result in...journal article 2024
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Onencan, A. M. (author), Ou, J. (author), de Koning, J.I.J.C. (author)The Netherlands Climate Change Agreement aims to reduce CO<sub>2</sub> emissions and seismic events by halting natural gas usage by 2050. This will require widespread societal acceptance by 90% of households. The study investigates the social acceptance of a district heating network (DHN) among social housing tenants in Haarlem, Netherlands....journal article 2024
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Blom, T. (author), Jenkins, Andrew (author), van den Dobbelsteen, A.A.J.F. (author)The urban energy transition requires innovative heating and cooling systems, as well as enhanced flexibility in electricity usage. This paper explores the theoretical potential for vertical farms to contribute to the energy transition by supplying residual heat to local district heat networks and flexible electricity usage. A stepped approach...journal article 2024
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Jangda, Zaid (author), Menke, Hannah (author), Busch, Andreas (author), Geiger, S. (author), Bultreys, Tom (author), Singh, Kamaljit (author)Subsurface porous rocks hold significant hydrogen (H<sub>2</sub>) storage potential to support an H<sub>2</sub>-based energy future. Understanding H<sub>2</sub> flow and trapping in subsurface rocks is crucial to reliably evaluate their storage efficiency. In this work, we perform cyclic H<sub>2</sub> flow visualization experiments on a...journal article 2024
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Hubert, Naomi D. (author), Biely, Katharina (author), Kamp, L.M. (author), de Vries, G. (author)The installation of solar panels by residential households is vital for the energy transition. However, the rapid uptake of solar panels by households leads to congestion in the electricity grid. Specifically, when the sun shines, these solar panels simultaneously produce a lot of electricity that is fed into the grid, which is inefficient and...journal article 2024
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Okur, Ö. (author), Fiori, Francesco (author), Fouladvand, Javanshir (author)Renewable heating systems (RHS), such as solar thermal, geothermal, heat pumps, wood pellets, biomass, are essential to reduce dependence on fossil fuel-based heating systems and resulting CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Despite their benefits in terms of CO<sub>2</sub> emissions, the widespread adoption of RHS has yet to be achieved. This paper...journal article 2024
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Meenakshi Sundaram, A. (author), Goncalves, J. E. (author), Ghorbani, Amineh (author), Verma, T. (author)Governments often use price-based policies such as tax-subsidies and rebates to encourage households to shift to renewable energy sources like rooftop solar photovoltaics (PV). These policies, however, have primarily benefited high-income homeowners, leaving others behind. This paper proposes leveraging social networks’ influence on attitudes...journal article 2024
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Soleymani, A. (author), van den Brom, P.I. (author), Ahmed, Samir (author), Konings, Maaike (author), Sjoer, Ellen (author), Itard, L.C.M. (author), Zeiler, Wim (author), De Laat, Maarten (author), Specht, M.M. (author)The energy management systems industry in the built environment is currently an important topic. Buildings use about 40% of the total global energy worldwide. Therefore, the energy management system’s sector is one of the most influential sectors to realize changes and transformation of energy use. New data science technologies used in building...journal article 2023
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Kraaijvanger, C.W. (author), Verma, T. (author), Doorn, N. (author), Goncalves, J. E. (author)Over the last decade, solar energy has proven to be a key technology in transitioning to a sustainable energy system. However, current solar energy policies favour affluent households, limiting the participation of disadvantaged households in the energy transition. This leaves disadvantaged households even more vulnerable to increasing energy...journal article 2023
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Kerstens, Andrea (author), Greco, A. (author)The realization of sustainable plus energy neighborhoods (SPENs) is key to achieving a carbon neutral built environment, and meeting the objectives of the green deal. Financial schemes have demonstrated effectiveness in driving the energy transition of individual buildings. However, the role of financial schemes in initiating the development of...journal article 2023
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Visser, Vivian (author), van Popering-Verkerk, Jitske (author), Minkman, E. (author), van Buuren, Arwin (author)In their quest to create vital cities, West European city governments stimulate citizens to self-organize in citizens' initiatives. This trend it accompanied by conflicting scientific and governmental discourses: on the one hand, citizens' initiatives are praised for giving ‘power to the people’, on the other hand, citizens' initiatives are...journal article 2023
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Croon, T.M. (author), Hoekstra, J.S.C.M. (author), Elsinga, M.G. (author), Dalla Longa, F. (author), Mulder, Peter (author)Recent energy price spikes have led to increased energy poverty among low-income households living in inefficient homes. Accurate statistics on energy poverty help inform resource allocation and better target relief schemes and retrofit funds. Existing indicators are predominantly defined in terms of a headcount ratio – the share of population...journal article 2023
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Ruiten, Kyra (author), Pesch, U. (author), Rodhouse, T.S.G.H. (author), Correljé, A. (author), Spruit, Shannon (author), Tenhaaf, Antje (author), Dijkshoorn, Jochem (author), van den Berg, Susan (author)This paper describes the decision-making process regarding the siting of a high voltage transmission line in the southern part of the Netherlands by TenneT, the Transmission System Operator responsible for the electricity infrastructure. TenneT started this siting process by deploying conventional decision-making procedures, which have the...journal article 2023
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Eslamizadeh, S. (author), Ghorbani, Amineh (author), Weijnen, M.P.C. (author)The importance of decreasing industrial CO2 footprints has become evident, as also highlighted in COP26. As such, the transition to renewable energy in the industrial sector is essential to meet the targets. To this aim, establishing industrial community energy systems (InCES) where industries collectively invest in a shared energy system is an...journal article 2023
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Bielefeld, S.E. (author), Cvetkovic, M. (author), Ramirez, Andrea (author)Electrification of processes and utilities is considered a promising option towards the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions from the chemical industry. Therefore, electricity demand is expected to increase steeply. Since the sources of future low-carbon electricity are variable in nature, there is a need for strategies to match availability...journal article 2023
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Dave, K (author), Gangoli Rao, A. (author)The power sector accounts for ∼40% of global energy-related CO<sub>2</sub> emissions. Its decarbonization by switching to low-carbon renewables is essential for a sustainable future. Existing electrical grids, however, have limited capacity to absorb the variability introduced by these new energy sources and rely largely on natural-gas-based...journal article 2023
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van der Koogh, M.L. (author), Chappin, E.J.L. (author), Heller, Reneé (author), Lukszo, Z. (author)Electric vehicles have penetrated the Dutch market, which increases the potential for decreased local emissions, the use and storage of sustainable energy, and the roll-out and use of electric car-sharing business models. This development also raises new potential issues such as increased electricity demand, a lack of social acceptance, and...journal article 2023
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Kraaijvanger, C.W. (author), Verma, T. (author), Doorn, N. (author), Goncalves, J. E. (author)With technological advances and decreasing prices, solar energy is a key technology in the urban energy transition. However, the focus on increasing the overall installed capacity has overshadowed energy justice considerations, leading to inequalities in solar energy adoption. This paper adopts an equity perspective to analyse the transition...journal article 2023